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The Places We Go

Advanced Degrees

For most Mount Holyoke alumnae, a bachelor’s degree is just the beginning. Typically, 25 percent of graduating seniors go directly to graduate, professional, and postbaccalaureate programs. Within ten years, 75 percent have enrolled in an advanced degree program.

Postgraduate institutions attended by recent MHC graduates include:

Boston University

Columbia

Harvard

Georgetown

George Washington University

Johns Hopkins

New York University

Princeton

Tufts

University of Massachusetts

Yale

Mount Holyoke women also have an enviable record of winning major awards, scholarships, and fellowships—including the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, Marshall Scholarship, Harry S. Truman Scholarship, Winston Churchhill Foundation Scholarship, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and Fulbright Full Grant.

On the Job

MHC alumnae know that a liberal arts education is the best preparation for lifelong career success. They pursue rewarding careers in a wide range of fields, from medicine, law, and scientific research to communications, finance, and consulting. Their employers include: